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07-05-2025
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KRQE Newsfeed: Federal investigation, Lingering rain, Teens arrested, Broadcasting cuts, Park project
Wednesday's Top Stories Wednesday's Five Facts [1] Albuquerque City councilor calls for U.S. Attorney to investigate use of ARPA funds – A city inspector general report from January stated that nearly $300,000 in federal emergency relief funding meant to help childcare providers instead went to bonuses for 27 city workers. Albuquerque City Councilor Dan Lewis referred the report to then-U.S. Attorney for New Mexico Alex Uballez. Since then, President Donald Trump's Administration has appointed a new U.S. attorney, Ryan Ellison, whom Lewis sent a letter to on Tuesday asking for an investigation. [2] Rain chances continue for parts of New Mexico into the weekend – Another round of showers and storms will develop Wednesday afternoon, but they won't be as widespread as we've seen the last couple of days. The rain won't be nearly as heavy either. Temperatures will be below average, but a warming trend will be starting. Warmer weather moves in Thursday and Friday with isolated afternoon storm chances mainly over the mountains and in the surrounding areas. [3] Two men charged with shooting man in Albuquerque – Two Albuquerque 18-year-olds are accused of shooting a man after a fight downtown early Sunday morning. According to APD, Matthew Akugue and Isaiah Martinez said the man gave them 'dirty looks,' and then an argument started. According to Martinez, the man slapped Akugue. After that, APD said they got into a vehicle, pulled up to the man at the roundabout at Central Ave. and 8th St., and Martinez shot him. [4] How will executive order impact New Mexico PBS and KUNM? – President Donald Trump's executive order would cut federal funding for PBS and NPR. The impact on public radio and TV stations across the country differs, but for New Mexico PBS, it would be a funding loss of 18%. While national PBS leaders are exploring legal options to fight the executive order, they're also encouraging people to engage in their Protect My Public Media campaign. [5] Celebration at Los Altos Park after more renovations completed – The city of Albuquerque is officially opening phase two of Los Altos Park after nearly a year of construction. The city is holding a grand opening event Wednesday, May 7, at 5:30 p.m. at the park. The phase two renovations included opening a new BMX pump track, a new dog park, upgraded walkways, landscaping and parking improvements. Animal Welfare Department will be at the event, giving community members an opportunity to adopt a dog. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KRQE NEWS 13 - Breaking News, Albuquerque News, New Mexico News, Weather, and Videos.
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21-02-2025
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Indigenously Positive: A new series about Native joy and empowerment
Bella DavisNew Mexico In DepthMarcus Moquino sat behind a booth painting shoes with intricate, colorful designs, pausing occasionally to talk with shoppers on a bustling November weekend at Isleta Resort and Casino. In the next room over, other Indigenous artists tattooed clients as dance groups and bands performed.I was at the Indigenous Tattoo and Music Fest with a few questions for anyone who was open to talking with me. One thing I wanted to know: What do you want to see more or less of in news coverage of Native Americans?When I asked Moquino, Kewa Pueblo and Hopi, that question, he didn't hesitate. 'I would like for us to actually get acknowledged,' he said.I heard similar sentiments in conversations with over a dozen Indigenous people from tribal nations here in New Mexico and beyond. For the most part, Native Americans are either invisible in the news media or portrayed in stereotypical, harmful ways, people told me time and time again. In a 2018 report by Reclaiming Native Truth, researchers wrote that popular narratives of Native Americans – including in the news — tend to focus on disparities. Those narratives 'often fail to trigger moral urgency among non-Native populations to address oppressive conditions' and can also 'lead to feelings of hopelessness among the communities such narratives purport to describe.'As New Mexico In Depth's Indigenous affairs reporter since 2022, I've written about educational inequities and Native people making up a disproportionate share of the state's homeless population. I've met numerous families whose loved ones have gone missing or been murdered and documented state officials' response to the crisis. These are systemic issues, rooted in colonization, that I think journalists are obligated to shine a light on — to center those most affected, make the causes clear, and examine potential solutions. And as a Yurok woman, it's meaningful to me to report on injustices affecting my own community that have gone underreported for far too the same time, I don't want those to be the only kinds of stories I tell. So, I'm partnering with New Mexico PBS on a collaborative series uplifting Indigenous joy and resilience. The first episode of Indigenously Positive, a collaboration between New Mexico In Depth and New Mexico PBS. To help inform the direction of the project, we headed to the tattoo festival and out to a couple events in many of the people I talked with said, should emphasize Indigenous people's strengths and successes and give more attention to artists and language teachers and young entrepreneurs and community members working to make our world a better place. 'Even our education system in the United States isn't really accurate and sometimes talk about us as a historical people but we're still here and we're still thriving and we're doing wonderful things,' said Ptisawquah (Potawatomi/Kickapoo/Assiniboine), a vendor at the festival who makes plant medicines. I hope you'll watch this first episode of Indigenously Positive. Episodes including this one will air on the station's public affairs show New Mexico in Focus. You'll also be able to find them on you have any suggestions about what we should explore or who we should talk with, I'd love to hear them. You can reach me at story was originally published by New Mexico In series is a collaboration between New Mexico In Depth and New Mexico PBS. Bella Davis was the reporter/producer for this episode; NMPBS Multimedia Producer Benjamin Yazza directed and produced it; NMPBS' Joey Dunn contributed camera work. Bella Davis is an Indigenous affairs reporter focused on issues including education and the missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives crisis. She is a Yurok tribal member, born in Eureka, California and raised in central New Mexico. Bella's position at New Mexico In Depth is made possible in part by the national organization Report for America. Previously, she worked at the Santa Fe Reporter, New Mexico In Depth through a one-year fellowship, and her college newspaper, the Daily Lobo. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from the University of New Mexico.
